Writer on art receives an honorary degree from Middlesex University

Influential writer on art and exhibition organiser, Jasia Reichardt, has been awarded an honorary degree by Middlesex University.

She was presented with the
award at the University's graduation ceremony, today, on Monday 13 July.

The former assistant director
at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) has a particular interest in the
relationship between art, the written word, technology, science, and the theatre,
which led her to organise notable exhibitions and events exploring these
connections. Among them were Between
Poetry and Painting and Cybernetic
Serendipity. During her time at
the ICA she organised other memorable exhibitions, such as Fluorescent Chrysanthemum, celebrating
experimental art in Japan, and Play
Orbit, a pageant of toys designed and made by artists.

Later, Jasia became director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery. Other
projects followed, including Electronically
Yours, a show about electronic portraiture shown in Tokyo. She has contributed
to many exhibitions and conferences around the world. She has written for most of the international
art magazines and published a number of books on various subjects, several of
which deal with art and technology. Her latest exhibition about people's timeless
ambition to recreate themselves, called Nearly
Human, opened in May 2015 in Gdansk, Poland.

Middlesex
University Vice-Chancellor Professor Michael Driscoll said: "Jasia is a highly
respected figure in the art world and has interestingly brought together a
variety of areas to create remarkable and thought-provoking results.

"It was an honour for our staff and graduates to welcome Jasia Reichardt to Middlesex and
present her with this award."